Dozens of Afghan men gathered in Herat to protest the Taliban's crackdown on women over dress-code violations. Witnesses alleged security forces used force to disperse the crowd.

'Defend the rights of our sisters': Taliban violently disperses rare protest for women's right. What happened in Herat? WATCH

Taliban 2.0 promised t be different when it overtook Afghanistan, they promised they would be more considerate and would be more inclusive on issues like women's rights. But the new rulers of Afghanistan have methodically trampled all such rights but now they have done something different. Watch the video to know more.

Taliban against birth control medicines as they ban condoms

In Afghanistan patriarchal traditions, poverty and, lack of education have stifled women's rights for decades. Here's a heart-wrenching ordeal of a 22-year-old woman married off as a mere child. She is now living in one of the few shelters for battered women that still exists in Afghanistan under the Taliban's rule. This is her story of abuse, torture, and sorrow.

Poverty, lack of education hampers women's rights in Afghanistan

Several journalists covering the women’s rights protest were allegedly attacked by the Taliban on Thursday morning and were prevented from covering their demonstration.

Taliban assault journalists covering women’s rights protest in Kabul

Afghanistan’s Education Ministry recently put out a memo prohibiting girls aged 12 and over from singing at school functions. Soon after the memo was released, social media caught air of its contents, prompting authorities to refer to the memo as a “mistake”, and suggesting that the authors of the memo had not clearly understood the objective.

Afghanistan releases, then redacts memo banning girls from singing. #IAmMySong roars on Twitter